Ukit people
Malaysian, Sarawak Malay | |
Religion | |
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Folk religion (predominantly), Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Orang Ulu, Bukitan people |
The Ukit people are a tribe found in Sarawak, Malaysia. They are a small minority people who until recently were nomads in the rain forests of Borneo. Some were settled at Rumah Ukit on the upper reaches of the Batang Balui or Balui River. Most of the Ukits are found in the Upper Rajom and Tatau rivers, Baleh, Sarawak. The Ukit people were also regarded as a sub-group of the purported Klemantan people.[2]
The Ukit's population is small in numbers and suffer potential extinction due to many of the tribesmen being killed a long time ago. Heavy losses in war to stronger Dayak tribes in Borneo (
In 1880 the Ukits were encountered by the English explorer
The Ukits are generally supposed to be the wildest specimens of the human race yet met with in Borneo. This tribe (which is the only one living at the head of Rejang not tattooed) has been occasionally but seldom seen in these regions by Europeans, as they shrink from all intercourse with mankind, and fly at the approach of any but their own race. They are described as being of a much lighter colour than the Poonans, possess no dwellings, and are totally unclothed.
—Harry De Windt
References
- ISBN 1-55671-159-X.
- ISBN 81-7268-156-9.
- ^ Harry De Windt "On the Equator"
Bibliography
- O'Hanlon Redmond (1985): Into The Heart of Borneo. Pp. 143–4, 171–183. Penguin (Salamander Press 1985)
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